New toek car-axle packing



(No Model.)

W. H. WRIGHT.

CAR AXLE PACKING.

Patented Apr; 1,;,1884

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`CAR-A'XLE PACKING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 296,098, dated April 1, 1884:

Application filed August 16, 18H3. (No model l l Beitknown that I, WILLIAM H. WRIGHT, a

`1s wlth the obJect of preventing `such waste citizen of the Unit-'ed States of America, residing at Tarrytown, county of Westchester, in `the-State of N ew York, have invented a new and `useful Improvement in Shaft-Packing for Car-Axles, ot" which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters refer to similar parts through- `out the several views.

Great difliculty `is experienced in preventing the escape and consequent waste of oilor other .lubricants through the openings in the boxes under or near the shoulder of the axle; and it that I have invented my improved shaft-packing, which is intended to lit closelyaround l such portion ofthe axle, against the inner 'wall of the box, and prevent the l eakage or swashing r y of such lubricant through such portion of the box, and also preventdust', grit, or dirt from entering the` box by the same openings and its access to and the injury of the bearings.

The device by which I secure these results Y consists of a metallic plate provided with a `tightening-clip articulating with. it and slidl ing in vertical ways, and both supporting a l sure the constantly steady exhibition o f such t .V1 packing, so as to exhibittothe inner wall of the packer-chamber the uniformly-continuous surface of a compressible and impervious body, preferably felt, attachedl to or coating it, the continuity ofthe surface of such body being constantlymaintained, so as to admit of no` interstices or apertures therein. To inl body at and around the wearing-pointsof contactwith the axle, I employ one or more tension-springs adjusted upon the plate and clip. I prefer an unattached annular spiral or endless spring resting inan unyielding seat located iik laters sion endless spring E. The packing-body is marked a, and the whole is pressed against, the inner wall of the packer-chamber by semicircular flat and broad springs, (shown amm) whose bight only comes in contact with the outer wall. i

Fig. 2 is a vert-ical sectional view of the packing in position in a car-box, X being the journal and Xthe axle, G Gthe car-box, H the outer wall, K the inner wall, respectively, ofthe packer-chamber. The annular tension spiral spring E is indicated by circular lines where the section is made. The position of the coat or packing a is shown, and also the bindingsprings m. i f

Fig. 3 shows the plate separated from the clip, which is also separately shown in Fig 4,

and both showing space for admitting the caraxle and the articulating and sliding ways and the projecting lips for seating the endless tension-spring E.

The plate and .clip should be made of such thickness as to aliord an unyielding support to the packing, which should effectually cover the inner Wall of the .packer-chamber, except at the extreme top and bottom, where a small space is left for adjustment of journal-brasses.'`

l In order that nothing may escape through the intersections of the plate and its clip, the conterminous edges of the packing overlap, so

that when compressed they present a continuous surface. The edges of the packing-body are firmly supported around the car-axle byl the plate and clip, and complete contact thereat is insured by preventing such supportingplate and clip from opening or separating by the movements of the axle or bythe inevitable friction ofthe wearing-surfaces, and thus avoiding apertures for the escape of oi-l. This is accomplished by cutting away the plate to only such width as shall admit the axle and by admitting the clip to articulate with Athe plate, and especially cutting into crescents the projecting lips of each, so that the ends oi' the lower crescent shall receive or overlap the ends ofthe uppercrescent, whereby, notwithstanding the wearing of the supporting-plate and clip at points of contact with` the axle, no aperture can gradually be created-l..`

A The packing is attached to its'support by wire sewing or by iron or wooden pegs, or in ICO any other suitable manner which will maintain such packing in Contact with its support, and should fully extend to the eXtreme limits of such support at its edges, but overlapping at conterminous edges, as hereinbefore mentioned.

The binding-springs are preferably at and broad, attached only at one of their ends to the supporting-plate, While their other ends are free, but resting upon the supporting-plate and presenting the raised curved or bight surface to contact with the outer wall, affording a more uniform, durable, and substantial spring-pressure than that furnished in the springs heretofore used for similar purposes.

The superiority of long uniform tensionspring E over spiral pressure-springs lies in therebeingnopossibilityofentanglement,ordinarily termed buckling,77 nor of unequal local wear, whereby its efficiency is impaired, While the tension and Wear are uniformly distributed throughout the length. My tensionspring admits of applying` my packing to both tramway and steam cars,whereas the pressuresprings prevent adaptation to the former and to some of the latter. It also has the advantage of'being readily removed or renewed as occasion may require. I am aware that pressure-springs have been used in Patent No. 268,579, granted December 5, 1882, to I. l?. Vendell, and also a chain having its ends connected by a short spiral tension-spring to distend the yielding sides of a groove wherein it rests, as in Patent N o. 80,465, granted July 28, 1868, to Samuel R. Drummer, and Itherefore disclaim such pressure-springs and tension-springs used' for distention.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and which I desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A compressible impervious pac-king, a, such as felt or other similar material, applied, attached, or afiiXed vto the face of a supporting metallic plate, A, and articulating sliding such packing presenting a continuous impermeable surface in Contact with the inner wall, K, of a packer-chamber and around a car-axle shaft in such chamber by meansof such supporting-plate and clip, tension-spring E, and pressure-springs m, operating substantially iu the manner and for the purposes described.

2. In a shaft-packing, vthe metallic supporting-plate A, its articulating sliding. clip B, pressure-springs m, and projecting crescentshaped articulating seat with tension-spring E, substantially operating in the manner and for the purposes described.

ELLIS B. SCHNABEL, WESLEY H; BRoNsoN.

clip B, provided With vertical guides'or Ways, 

